Rate yourself using the results from the "Nurse Manager Skills Inventory":

http://www.aacn.org/wd/practice/docs/nurse-manager-inventory-tool.pdf

Write a reflection of 750-1,000 words in which you identify your strengths and weaknesses related to the four content areas below:

1. Personal and professional accountability

2. Career planning

3. Personal journey disciplines

4. Reflective practice reference behaviors/tenets

Discuss how you will use your current leadership skill set to advocate for change in your workplace.

Identify one personal goal for your leadership growth and discuss your implementation plan to achieve that goal.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

This is an idea that I have, please don't write this word by work, because I used it for something else.

I work in the ICU unit and lately I have notice that the workload has been too much. I have also notice that in this particular ICU there is not enough to cover the quantity of patients that we have. This leads to nursing shortage, on certain days we have agency nurses that come and help out, so as of now when the staff is not calculated correct to cover for the day. We are starting at 3 patient's each, which in an acute unite, personally I don't think is safe. Now I suggested that on a daily bases we should get a PCA to help us out, with daily baths, help feed the patients that need to be fed, etc. Second, then put one extra nurse daily just in case we get hit with new admissions and transfers. I as a nurse that works in this workplace these two will help out us nurses that are over working in this unit.